asked the Secretary of State for Industry how many planning agreements have now been made in accordance with Section 21 of the Industry Act 1975; and by which bodies corporate those agreements were made.

One planning agreement, with Chrysler United Kingdom Limited, has been signed to date. Exploratory discussions are in hand with a number of other companies, but progress in this important area of industrial policy which was announced by the Government early in the passage of the 1975 Industry Bill as voluntary has been very disappointing.